How to Get Contacts off an iPhone Hard Drive

Your iPhone will hold as many contacts as the memory can accommodate.

Your iPhone's contact list is an essential feature -- information such as phone numbers, addresses and birth dates is all stored in a contact's profile. If you no longer need a particular contact, deleting her profile forever takes just a few seconds. At present, there is no way to delete all contacts at the same time. When you want to clear out a large number of contacts, you must manually delete each profile one at a time.

Instructions

1. Open the list of your contacts by tapping the brown "Contacts" icon on the iPhone home screen.

2. Locate the contact you want to delete. Depending on your settings, contacts may be sorted alphabetically by first or last name.

3. Tap once on a contact's name to open her profile.

4. Tap the "Edit" button in the top right corner of the profile and then scroll down to the bottom of the screen.

5. Select the red "Delete Contact" button. Tap the "Delete Contact" button that appears in the pop-up window to confirm the removal. The contact is irreversibly deleted from your iPhone's hard drive.

References

• Apple: iPhone User Guide